Thirteen (13) New Permits -- Bakken, North Dakota, USA

Daily activity report, June 27, 2011 --

Operators: Whiting (3), Petro-Hunt (2), BTA (2), Open Range Inc (2), Slawson, EOG, KOG, and Zenergy

Fields: Twin Buttes, Portal, Kittleson Slough, Painted Woods, Big Stick, East Fork, and Eagle Nest

The three Whiting wells will all be in Big Stick but none on the same pad (with regard to today's permits).

Petro-Hunt's two new permits will be wells on the same pad in Eagle Nest.

Zenergy's permit is in Painted Woods, northwest of Williston.

Open Range, Inc., is new to me; both their permits are in the Portal oil field, Burke County. According to the NDIC website, these are the first and only two permits for Open Range. It must be a new company operating in the Bakken. I assume this is their website: OpenRangePetroleum.com.

Nothing else of interest in the report.